μᾶζα

See also: μάζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From μαγῆμαι (magêmai) +‎ -ια (-ia), the former component from μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    μᾶζᾰ • (mâză) f (genitive μᾱ́ζης); first declension

    1. barley-bread or cake; lump, mass
      • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1040–1041:
        καὶ παῖδα γάρ τοί φασιν Ἀλκμήνης ποτὲ
        πραθέντα τλῆναι δουλίας μάζης τυχεῖν.
        kaì paîda gár toí phasin Alkmḗnēs potè
        prathénta tlênai doulías mázēs tukheîn.
        For even the child, they say, of Alcmene once,
        when he had been sold, endured the fate of the bread of slavery

    Declension

    First declension of ἡ μᾶζᾰ; τῆς μᾱ́ζης (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ μᾶζᾰ
    hē mâză     		τὼ μᾱ́ζᾱ
    tṑ mā́zā     		αἱ μᾶζαι
    hai mâzai
    Genitive τῆς μᾱ́ζης
    tês mā́zēs     		τοῖν μᾱ́ζαιν
    toîn mā́zain     		τῶν μᾱζῶν
    tôn māzôn
    Dative τῇ μᾱ́ζῃ
    tēî mā́zēi     		τοῖν μᾱ́ζαιν
    toîn mā́zain     		ταῖς μᾱ́ζαις
    taîs mā́zais
    Accusative τὴν μᾶζᾰν
    tḕn mâzăn     		τὼ μᾱ́ζᾱ
    tṑ mā́zā     		τᾱ̀ς μᾱ́ζᾱς
    tā̀s mā́zās
    Vocative μᾶζᾰ
    mâză     		μᾱ́ζᾱ
    mā́zā     		μᾶζαι
    mâzai
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    • κῠνόμᾱζον (kŭnómāzon)
    • μᾱζαγόας (māzagóas)
    • μᾱζαγρέτας (māzagrétas)
    • μᾱζάω (māzáō)
    • μᾱζηρός (māzērós)
    • μᾱ́ζινος (mā́zinos)
    • μᾱζίον (māzíon)
    • μᾱζίσκη (māzískē)
    • μᾱζονόμος (māzonómos)
    • μᾱζοπέπτης (māzopéptēs)
    • μᾱζοποιέω (māzopoiéō)
    • μᾱζοποιός (māzopoiós)

    Descendants

    • Greek: μάζα (máza)
    • → Abkhaz: амажәа (amaẑʷa), амаҙәа (amaźʷa) — Bzyb
    • → Abaza: мажва (mažʷa)
    • → Adyghe: мэджа (mɛdža)
    • → Kabardian: мэжа (mɛža)
    • → Latin: massa (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μᾶζα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 890

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